Ryan Pike

Ryan Pike has covered the Calgary Flames and the NHL Draft extensively since 2010 as a Senior Writer for The Hockey Writers, Senior Contributing Editor of FlamesNation.ca and a correspondent for the Fischler Report. He lives in Calgary.

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September 5th, 2017For the second time in three seasons, the Calgary Flames went to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2016-17. As a result of their recent playoff success, and their summer of moves, the Flames may be gaining a lot of new followers in the coming season. In the interest of informing newcomers to the franchise, here's everything new fans need to...

September 2nd, 2017The Calgary Flames had a bounce-back season in 2016-17 in two big ways. First, they rebounded from a lackluster 2015-16 season that cost Bob Hartley his job. Then they managed to survive the steep learning curve of Glen Gulutzan's new system and a start that saw them dead-last in the National Hockey League standings by mid-November,...

August 24th, 2017As naturally as many families become associated with specific industries that they work within, it's become commonplace for families to become associated with specific sports in specific parts of the world. Within the hockey world, arguably the most influential family in history - with apologies to Maurice and Henri Richard - is the...

August 15th, 2017The annual Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament for under-18 players has come and gone, which officially kicks off the scouting season for the 2018 National Hockey League draft class. Based on the early buzz, the two standouts of the 2018 class are Swedish defenseman Rasmus Dahlin and Russian forward Andrei Svechnikov, who's spent the last...

August 12th, 2017If their actions this summer are any indication, the Calgary Flames believe that they can contend in 2017-18. They augmented their young core of forwards and their mobile defensemen with the additions of Travis Hamonic, Mike Smith and Eddie Lack this summer in an effort to shore up their roster. However, the Flames' dreams of contention...

August 3rd, 2017One year after their worst-ever showing at the annual Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, Hockey Canada is returning to the Czech Republic with gold on their minds. The 2017 edition of Canada's under-18 national men's team was announced earlier this week by Hockey Canada as the organization hopes to put last year's fifth-place finish in...

July 30th, 2017For players dreaming of being selected in the annual National Hockey League entry draft, the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament is a big deal. Held annually since 1991, the Hlinka Tournament is the first major event of the draft cycle – pitting the top under-18 players from eight countries against each other in a rare best-on-best event....

July 27th, 2017The Calgary Flames are a team with an understated amount of history. Joining the National Hockey League in 1972-73 as the Atlanta Flames, the club has been part of the league for parts of five decades and in Calgary for nearly 40 years. Despite boasting a roster that has featured numerous Hockey Hall of Fame inductees over the years, the...

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